How to ace your first 90 days?

I just got my first job in REPE asset management and it's also my first job overall. Any advice for impressing my coworkers/bosses my first 90 days so I don't get fired would be great!

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maineiac42

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Don't make mistakes. Check your work 3 times. Sit on it for an hour and check it again. If you get labeled as a fuck-up that will be hard to overcome.

Take notes on everything and absorb all the information you can. Don't ask too many questions, but write them down in case someone asks if you have any. If you are too over eager it will be annoying to your coworkers and you will be able to quickly answer a lot of your own questions by just paying attention for a few months.

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Yes, but not just for questions. Write down everything that needs remembering. You will be drinking from a fire hose and will always have more to do in a day than you have time to accomplish and it is far too easy to genuinely just forget things. Write down every task you have to do and cross it off when it's done.

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